CHAPTER – 1 Multimedia

Multimedia: is a form of communication that combines different
content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a
single presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as
printed material or audio recordings.

1. CHAPTER – 1
Multimedia
Amir Ibrahim
Nov-2021

2. ●What is multimedia?
●Basic elements of multimedia elements.
●Types of multimedia presentation.
●Applications of multimedia.
Topics

3. ➢Derived from Words “Multi” and “Media”
➢Multi
●Many, Multiple
➢Media
●Medium of Communication – Text,
Graphic, Animation, Video, Audio
What is Multimedia?

4. ●Multimedia : is a form of communication that combines different
content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a
single presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as
printed material or audio recordings.
Multimedia - Definition

5. Multimedia - Definition
●Multimedia : is the field concerned with computer controlled
integration of text, audio, images, animations, or video where every type
of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed
digitally.

6. 1.Text
2.Graphic
3.Animation
4.Video
5.Audio
The basic elements of Multimedia

7. 1.Text
●characters that are used to create words, sentences, and paragraphs.
●Text is the most basic element of multimedia.
●A good choice of words could help convey the intended message to
the users.(keywords)
The basic elements of Multimedia

8. 2.Graphics
●A digital representation of non-text information, such as a photographs,
drawings, line art, mathematical graphs, line graphs, charts, diagrams,
symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images.
●A picture means a thousand words.
The basic elements of Multimedia

9. 3.Animation
●The illusion of motion created by consecutive display of images of
static elements.
The basic elements of Multimedia

10. 4.Video
●Is the technology of capturing, recording, processing, transmitting
and reconstructing moving picture.
●Video is more towards photo realistic image sequence / live recording
as comparison to animation.
The basic elements of Multimedia

11. 5.Audio
●Produced by vibration, as perceived by sense of hearing.
●It comes in the form of speech, sound effect and music score.
The basic elements of Multimedia

12. ●Linear Multimedia :
It is not interactive.
User have no control over the content that is being showed to them.
Usually, these presentations begin at a predetermined starting point and
end at a predetermined end point.
Example : Cinema, Movies, TV Shows
Types of Multimedia presentation
Linear vs Non Linear

13. Types of Multimedia presentation
●Non-Linear Multimedia :
It is interactive.
User have control over the content that is being showed to them.
User are given navigational control.
Information is not presented in sequential or chronological manner.
Example : Gaming, Websites, Hypermedia etc.
Linear vs Non Linear

14. Multimedia presentation
may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played
locally with a media player.
A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation.
Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic
media technology.
Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed.
Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand.

15. Applications of Multimedia
● Creative Industries
● Commerce
● Entertainment
● Education
● Social Work Purposes
● Communication
● Journalism
● Engineering
● Medicine
● Research
● Interior Designing and
● others

16. End of chapter - 1
Nov - 2021